George H. Steuart

George Hume Steuart (24 August 1828-22 November 1903) a Confederate States Army Brigadier-General during the American Civil War.

Biogrpahy
George Hume Steuart was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1828 to a family of wealthy plantation owners who were staunch supporters of slavery. He graduated from West Point in 1848 and served as a US Army dragoon on the frontier fighting Native Americans and in the Utah War. When the American Civil War broke out, the secessionist Steuart joined the Confederate States Army, although his state legislature voted 53-13 against secession on 24 April 1861 and was subsequently occupied by Union troops to prevent it from ever joining the Confederacy. He served under Arnold Elzey in the 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, and he was promoted to Brigadier-General on 6 March 1862 and commanded a brigade in Stonewall Jackson's army during the Valley Campaign. On 8 June 1862, he was injured in the shoulder by grapeshot at the Battle of Cross Keys, but he recuperated in time to lead a brigade in Edward Johnson's division at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. His brigade was seriously damaged during the battle, and he was later wounded while bravely holding back the Union during the Mine Run Campaign. He again distinguished himself at the Battle of the Wilderness in May 1864, where his brother was mortally wounded. However, he and much of his brigade were captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House later that month, although he was exchanged later that summer. During the Battle of Five Forks in 1865, 5,000 of his men were taken prisoner, and he was forced to surrender at Appomattox Court House on 9 April. After the war, he became a planter in Anne Arundel County, where he died in 1903.